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Title
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Overland Trails
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Description
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Map depicts overland commerce and emigrant trails west of the Mississippi River. Includes Oregon, California, Mormon Pioneer, Lewis & Clark, Pony Express, Santa Fe, Old Spanish, Juan Bautista de Anza, El Camino Real de los Tejas, Nez Perce, El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro, and other trails and roads. Also includes cities, towns, and landmarks along trails.
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Date
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2005
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Object Type
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Map
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Title
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Mormon Trail
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Description
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Pictographic map showing route of trail. Includes historical sketches.
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Date
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1947
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Object Type
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Map
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Title
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Handcarts and Heartaches
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Description
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Article describes difficulties of Mormon pioneers emigrating from Iowa to Salt Lake City in 1855-1856 along the Mormon Trail.
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Date
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2004-04
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Title
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Trails of the Old West
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Description
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Illustration of the major trails of the western United States that was one of forty paintings for "Westward America" [MVSC Q 978 D77W].
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Date
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1942~
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Object Type
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Map
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Title
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Mormon Trail - Forging a Road West
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Description
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Brief article detailing the history of the early wagon trains that traveled the Mormon Trail and some of the landmarks along the way. The first to travel this trail on recommendation by Lansford Hastings, were the families of George and Jacob Donner and James Reed.
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Date
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2010
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Title
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Overland from Missouri to Washington Territory in 1854
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Description
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Article recounts the journey of the Jacob Ebey family of Plum Grove Place, Adair County, Missouri, to Whidbey Island, Washington Territory, in 1854 (based on the diary Winfield Scott Ebey kept during the trip). The party included fourteen: Jacob Ebey, his wife Sarah Ebey, his grown children Winfield Scott Ebey, Ruth Ebey, and Mary Wright and her two children, and friends Jack Lesley (with family), George Beam, and James J. Wood. Leaving April 27, they traveled on the Mormon Trace to Council Bluffs, then on the Mormon Trail. Includes discussion of the customs of such overland journies (organizing companies, methods of security, burial, daily routines, etc.). Includes a map of the route.
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Date
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1971
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
